Ohio House approves food stamp funding that will leave big shortfalls in urban counties

By: Nick Evans

Outlets: Ohio Capital Journal

Published: March 23, 2026

Words: 1,010

Last Updated: 4 months, 1 week ago

Reductions in federal funding for food stamps are rippling through the Ohio legislature.

For decades the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program has split administrative costs evenly between states and the federal government.

The Trump/Republican One Big Beautiful Bill Act changes that split to 75% and 25%, with states shouldering more of the burden.

The measure also pushes benefit costs onto states for the first time.

Based on a state’s SNAP error rate, it could be

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